Abstract: Due to the relatively expensive equipment such as drones and their loaded cameras, LiDAR, and the high cost of experiments and maintenance of these instruments, they have become a bottleneck in improving the quality of talent training. My school has given full play to the school-enterprise cooperation platform, carried out the exploration of virtual simulation teaching, and constructed the UAV photogrammetry virtual simulation teaching system, which has solved the above problems better through virtual simulation teaching. Through virtual simulation teaching, the UAV operation ability of the students majoring in surveying and mapping in our school has been greatly improved, and they have won excellent results in the four consecutive Guangxi University UAV Competitions. This provides a certain amount of practical experience for the training of high-quality talents in surveying and mapping majors in local universities.

Key words: UAV, photogrammetry, virtual simulation, surveying and mapping engineering, talent training